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* Also used, and [[Lampshaded]] in the original [[ECW]] by the Impact Players (Lance Storm and Justin Credible) - "Thats not just the coolest, that's not just the best, that's from Calgary (dramatic pause) Alberta Canada". Commentator Joey Styles would frequently say 'Dramatic pause' during the 'Dramatic Pause'
* "[[Professional Wrestling|Rest.]]...[[Catch Phrase|In.]]...[[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|PEAAAAACE]]."
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* BECAUSE I'M THE MIZ...AND I'M...AWESOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOME!
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== Real Life ==
* [[William Shatner]] is ''famous''... for ''putting in lots''... of dramatic... ''pauses''... ''even in'' the... ''same''... ''sentence''. He is ''frequently''... lampooned ''for this''. This... ''may be'' related to his... ''constant'' need to... ''be''... a ''[[Large Ham]]''. (To be fair, while the Shat used more than his share of dramatic pauses, most of the "multiple pauses in every sentence" bit comes from comedian Kevin Pollak's impression of him)
** When called on this trait by ''[[The Daily Show]]'''s Jon Stewart, he explained that he adopted the mannerism because "I kept forgetting my lines." (Specifically, he had trouble remembering the [[Techno Babble]] on ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'').
*** The urban legend in theatre circles is that he was the understudy in a production of (insert famous play here), but didn't expect to be called in, so didn't bother studying his lines to the degree he should have. He was called in and performed with his now famous pauses. The review the next day praised his performance (specifically the pauses) and he's been doing it intentionally ever since. The tale is in all likelihood completely false, but still worth retelling.
* Shatner may be famous for it, but he's a positively fluid communicator compared to B-grade actor Thom Christopher, best known as Hawk from ''[[Buck Rogers]]'' and to [[Mystery Science Theater 3000|MSTies]] as Troxartes, the villain from ''Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell''.
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